Some Reflections on Suffering and Hope

How can we hope, when all hope seems lost? How can we live through immense pain? Read with me Psalm 39 and Psalm 88, for a hope that never fails. At first, these songs feel odd and out of place. The endings particularly feel out of place, for, these are the only Psalms to end on a note of despair, rather than hope or praise. The sense of oddness only grows when one considers the endings more…